Multiplication Memory

Here’s a game we have been playing this week from Right Start Math. http://activitiesforlearning.com/mathcardgames.aspx It’s called Multiplcation Memory. We have special cards for it, but you could make them at home too. This game is set up for X 6s. You put 6 on the left. Then you put out 10 cards numbered 1-10. Then you put the = sign. Then you put out the products: 6, 12, 18. 24, 30 etc. After that it pretty much works like the normal memory game.

Bruce already has a solid conceptual understanding of multiplication, and is now just working on memory recall of facts. This is a fun alternative to flashcards, although at some point we might use flashcards too. As a teacher, I would notplay this game with a child who was a multiplication novice, but it is fine for Bruce.